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Miyake, Issey. (b. 1938) [Penn, Irving. (1917–2009)]. Issey Miyake: Photography by Irving Penn - SIGNED, with a Typed Letter Signed. A New York Graphic Society Book. Boston: Little Brown and Company. 1988. First edition. Signed book from the influential Japanese fashion designer, published in conjunction with his exhibition "Issey Miyake A UN" at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in October to December 1988. Signed and inscribed on the title page in English and Japanese to fashion journalist June Weir, dated September 1, 1988. With a further typed letter signed from Miyake to Weir, mounted with tape to the front free endpaper, sending the advance copy of the book and inviting Weir to the opening of the exhibition. Edited by Nicholas Callaway. Foreword by Isamu Noguchi and an Essay by Jay Cocks. 46 full-page colour photographs by Irving Penn. 4to. Shelf wear to dust jacket; overall very good.

From the collection of June Weir-Baron (1928 - 2015), fashion historian and journalist, the first woman Vice President at Fairchild Publications, a major force in her capacity as Fashion Editor and Assistant publisher of Women's Wear Daily and W, as an influential editor at Vogue, Executive Fashion Editor at Harper's Bazaar, deputy Style Editor for The New York Times Sunday Magazine and Contributing Editor at Mirabella.

Miyake, Issey. (b. 1938) [Penn, Irving. (1917–2009)] Issey Miyake: Photography by Irving Penn - SIGNED, with a Typed Letter Signed

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Miyake, Issey. (b. 1938) [Penn, Irving. (1917–2009)]. Issey Miyake: Photography by Irving Penn - SIGNED, with a Typed Letter Signed. A New York Graphic Society Book. Boston: Little Brown and Company. 1988. First edition. Signed book from the influential Japanese fashion designer, published in conjunction with his exhibition "Issey Miyake A UN" at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in October to December 1988. Signed and inscribed on the title page in English and Japanese to fashion journalist June Weir, dated September 1, 1988. With a further typed letter signed from Miyake to Weir, mounted with tape to the front free endpaper, sending the advance copy of the book and inviting Weir to the opening of the exhibition. Edited by Nicholas Callaway. Foreword by Isamu Noguchi and an Essay by Jay Cocks. 46 full-page colour photographs by Irving Penn. 4to. Shelf wear to dust jacket; overall very good.

From the collection of June Weir-Baron (1928 - 2015), fashion historian and journalist, the first woman Vice President at Fairchild Publications, a major force in her capacity as Fashion Editor and Assistant publisher of Women's Wear Daily and W, as an influential editor at Vogue, Executive Fashion Editor at Harper's Bazaar, deputy Style Editor for The New York Times Sunday Magazine and Contributing Editor at Mirabella.